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DATES: Persons wishing to comment on

this information collection should

submit comments by September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0139.

Title: Application for Antenna

Structure Registration.

Form No.: FCC 854, and FCC 854

ULS.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals; Businesses

or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 4,500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirements.

Cost to Respondents: $0.

Total Annual Burden: 2,250 hours

Needs and Uses: Section 303(q) of the

Communications Act, as amended,

authorizes the Commission to require

the painting and/or illumination of

radio towers in cases where there is a

reasonable possibility that an antenna

structure may cause a hazard to air

navigation. The data collected is

required by the Communications Act of

1934, as amended; FCC Rules Section

1.61(a), 17.4, 21.11(g), 25.113(c),

73.3533(c), 74.551(c), 74.651(d),

74.1251(d), 78.109(c), 95.83(a)(3),

97.15(d).

This FCC form is to be used for the

purpose of registering structures used

for wire or radio communication

services within the United States, or to

make changes to an existing registered

structure, or to notify the Commission of

the dismantlement of a structure. The

Commission staff will evaluate the

antenna data submitted by the tower

owner and determine if Part 17 rule

requirements are met and if any

obstruction painting and/or lighting will

be necessary. The tower owner will

receive notification that the Commission

has registered the structure,

modification or dismantlement on FCC

Form 854R, Antenna Structure

Registration. Owners of new and

modified towers must notify the

Commission within 24 hours of

construction completion and/or

disposition of structure, using a portion

of the FCC Form 854R which is

detachable.

The Commission has completed the

final phase of the initial two year

registration period for the revised

antenna structure registration process.

We estimate a significant decrease

(adjustment) in the number of total

respondents from 43,000 to 4,500 and a

decrease in the total annual burden from

21,500 hours to 2,250 hours as a result

of a re-evaluation of receipts due to the

program change implemented two years

ago.

The Commission is currently

developing a Universal Licensing

System (ULS) which combines 11

separate databases into one. The

databases are gradually being converted

to ULS and use is subsequently being

phased in. Antenna Structure

Registration will be part of the ULS and

Form 854 is being re-designed for use

with ULS. We will need to maintain

approval on both the current Form 854

and the Form 854ULS until ULS is fully

implemented. At that time, we will

submit a modification to the collection

to reflect the obsolescence of the current

FCC Form 854.

The Form 854ULS differs from the

Form 854 as follows: ULS will assign a

sequential file number to each filing for

tracking purposes. The purpose of

‘‘Registration of an existing antenna

structure’’ has been deleted and

purposes of ‘‘Duplicate’’, ‘‘Withdraw

pending’’, ‘‘Amendment’’ and ‘‘Cancel’’

have been added. When applicable, FCC

854ULS will collect ‘‘file number of

pending application for antenna

structure registration on file’’;

coordinates for center of structure array;

contact representative information;

overall height above mean sea level; and

FAA notification issue date. Form

854ULS will collect only NAD83 datum

of coordinates (no longer a NAD27

option). FCC 854ULS will not collect

‘‘issue date of most current

registration’’; nature of modification;

FAA Regional Office name; ‘‘Date FAA

Notification was filed’’; or ‘‘FCC

Painting and Lighting Paragraphs’’.

FCC 854ULS will collect Taxpayer

Identification Number (TIN) of the

antenna structure owner. For

individuals, TIN is your Social Security

Number; for other entities, it is

Employer Identification Number (EIN).

In order to use ULS, each antenna

structure owner will be required to

register their Taxpayer Identification

Number and any associated registration

numbers with the Commission. TIN will

provide a ‘‘link’’ to all antenna structure

registrations associated to any one

owner. Use of Taxpayer Identification

Number in the Universal Licensing

System will allow pre-filling of data by

searching the database and displaying

all pertinent data associated to any

given TIN, as well as for Debt Collection

purposes. It will also improve and

lessen the burden of the volume of data

the public will have to enter for later

filings. Taxpayer Identification Numbers

(TINS) will not be displayed to the

public. Additionally, we have updated

the privacy act and public burden

statements and the FAA Regional Office

names and addresses.

The number of respondents is not

being adjusted due to the new form.

Antenna structure owners will be

required to file either the current form

or the new form, depending upon the

timeframe in which the Antenna

Structure Registration database is

converted to ULS. Owners will be

required to file the current form 854

until such time as a public notice is

issued announcing conversion to ULS

and requirements to begin using the

Form 854ULS. Once Antenna Structure

Registration is implemented in ULS, the

current Form 854 process will no longer

be available.

The estimated burden per form

remains at 30 minutes. As users of ULS

become more familiar with using the

system, this burden estimate may need

to be adjusted to reflect the electronic

filing process. We encourage the use of

electronic filing for antenna structure

registration. ULS will provide many

enhancements which are not available

in the current interactive/electronic

filing process.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

July 1, 1998.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13. An agency

may not conduct or sponsor a collection

of information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. No

person shall be subject to any penalty

for failing to comply with a collection
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of information subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) that does not

display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning: (a)

Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

information techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before August 7, 1998.

If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications, Room

234, 1919 M St., NW, Washington, DC

20554 or via internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0360.

Title: Section 80.409(c), Public coast

station logs.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities; Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 316.

Estimated Time Per Response: 95

hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping requirement; On

occasion reporting requirement.

Cost to Respondents: $0.

Total Annual Burden: 30,020 hours.

Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping

requirement contained in this rule

section is necessary to document the

operation and public correspondence

service of public coast radio telegraph,

public coast radiotelephone stations,

and Alaska-public fixed stations,

including the logging of distress and

safety calls where applicable. A

retention period of more than one year

is required where a log involves

communications relating to a disaster,

an investigation, or any claim or

complaint. If the information were not

collected, documentation concerning

the above stations would not be

available.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0364.

Title: Section 80.409 (d) and (e), Ship

radiotelegraph logs, ship,

radiotelephone logs.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Governments.

Number of Respondents: 10,950

(10,150 compulsory equipped vessels +

800 high seas vessels).

Estimated Time Per Response: 47.3

hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping requirement; On

occasion reporting requirement.

Cost to Respondents: $0.

Total Annual Burden: 517,935 hours.

Needs and Uses: The recordkeeping

requirement contained in these rule

sections is necessary to document that

compulsory radio equipped vessels and

high seas vessels maintain listening

watches and logs as required by statutes

and treaties (including treaty

requirements contained in Appendix 11

of the International Radio Regulations,

Chapter IV, Regulation 19 of the

International Convention for the Safety

of Life at Sea, the Bridge-to-Bridge

Radio Telephone Act, the Great Lakes

Agreement, and the Communications

Act of 1934, as amended.) A retention

period of more than one year is required

where a log involves communications

relating to a disaster, an investigation, or

any claim or complaint. If the

information were not collected,

documentation concerning station

operations would not be available and

treaty requirements would not be

complied with.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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Sunshine Act Meeting; FCC To Hold

Open Commission Meeting Thursday,

July 9, 1998

July 2, 1998.

The Federal Communications

Commission will hold an Open Meeting

on the subjects listed below on

Thursday, July 9, 1998, which is

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. in

Room 856, at 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Item No./Bureau Subject

1. Cable Services.Title: Carriage of the Transmissions of Digital Television Broadcast Stations;

and Amendments to Part

76 of the Commission’s

Rules.

Summary: The Commission

will consider issues relating to the carriage of digital broadcast television

stations by cable operators.

2. Common

Carrier.

Title: Implementation of the

Telecommunications Act of

1996; Amendment of

Rules Governing Procedures to Be Followed

When Formal Complaints

are Filed Against Common

Carriers (CC Docket No.

96–238).

Summary: The Commission

will consider action concerning procedures to create an accelerated docket

to handle certain formal

complaints filed against

common carriers.

After consideration of these items, the

Commission will hold an en banc

presentation regarding provision of

advanced services and expanded

bandwidth under Section 706 of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996. A

Public Notice announcing this en banc

hearing was issued June 30, 1998.

Additional information concerning

this meeting may be obtained from

Maureen Peratino or David Fiske, Office

of Public Affairs, telephone number

(202) 418–0500; TTY (202) 418–2555.

Copies of materials adopted at this

meeting can be purchased from the

FCC’s duplicating contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc. (ITS, Inc.) at (202) 857–3800; fax

(202) 857–3805 and 857–3184; or TTY

(202) 293–8810. These copies are

available in paper format and alternative

media, including large print/type;

digital disk; and audio tape. ITS may be

reached by e-mail:

itslinc@ix.netcom.com. Their Internet

address is http://www.itsi.com.

This meeting can be viewed over

George Mason University’s Capitol

Connection. For information on this

service call (703) 993–3100. The audio

portion of the meeting will be broadcast

live on the Internet via the FCC’s

Internet audio broadcast page at <http:/

/www.fcc.gov/realaudio/>. The meeting

can also be heard via telephone, for a

fee, from National Narrowcast Network,

telephone (202) 966–2211 or fax (202)